Chelsea selling Nemanja Matic to Man Utd is strange - Gary Neville

Matic has left the Premier League champions for a reunion with Jose Mourinho at Manchester United.
United have splashed out £40m for the 29-year-old and Neville thinks he’ll be a good fit at Old Trafford.
But he can’t get his head around Chelsea’s decision to sell.
“Michael Carrick’s obviously got one more year but he can’t play every single week so they’ve got to have that player come in and do the same job,” Neville told Sky Sports.
“I believe Nemanja Matic can do that.
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